Category Archives: HP4

The BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team celebrated a successful home round at the Nürburgring in Germany, including a victory and four podium finishes in total. Factory rider Chaz Davies (GBR) won the second of the weekend’s races with his BMW S1000RR after finishing third in race one. His teammate Marco Melandri (ITA) finished second and… Continue Reading »

BMW motorcycles have earned four of the top ten spots in Cycle World magazine’s “Ten Best Bikes of 2013.” The magazine’s September issue, featuring its 38th annual “Ten Best” list and names BMW’s HP4 the “Best Superbike,” BMW’s R1200GS the “Best Adventure Bike,” and (for the third year in a row) the BMW K1600GT and… Continue Reading »

For the third time in four years BMW has taken the top prize in the Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN) ‘Austest’, with the HP4 taking on and beating a strong line-up of high-performance machines for the 2013 title. Australian Motorcycle News gathered together the top ten sports bikes available in Australia and assembled an experienced panel of… Continue Reading »

BMW Motorrad has announced it will terminate its factory involvement in the FIM Superbike World Championship at the end of the 2013 season. This comes as part of a strategic realignment which started at the end of the 2012 season when they dropped their in-house factory team and choose to lend full support to the… Continue Reading »

The BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team from Italy concluded its “home” round at Imola with both factory riders claiming their best results at the Italian track to date. Local hero, Marco Melandri (ITA) finished both races in fourth on his BMW S1000RR while teammate Chaz Davies (GBR) claimed sixth and fifth respectively. The iconic “Autodromo… Continue Reading »

BMW Motorrad can check off another track where they’ve been victorious in the FIM Superbike World Championship. The BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team and factory rider, Marco Melandri (ITA), celebrated a victory in the first race at Portimão in Portugal last weekend. It was Marco’s second and the team’s fourth victory of the season. In… Continue Reading »

BMW Motorrad had a successful May with global sales climbing 14.2% to 13,081 vehicles (prev. yr. 11,457) — an all time high for the month of May. In the first five months of 2013, BMW Motorrad increased sales by 7.1% to 52,400 (prev. yr. 48,918) motorcycles and maxi scooters. “We have achieved our best May result… Continue Reading »

With a total of 14,587 units sold to customers worldwide last month, April 2013 becomes the most successful month in the history of BMW Motorrad. It’s an increase of 11.5% over the 13,088 units sold in April of last year. Year-to-date, 39,319 BMW motorcycles have been delivered, an increase of 5.0% (prev. yr. 37,461). Heiner… Continue Reading »

The BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team was back to its winning ways at Italy’s “Autodromo Nazionale di Monza” which hosted the fourth round of the 2013 FIM Superbike World Championship. Factory rider Marco Melandri (ITA) rode his BMW S1000RR to victory in race one and a second in race two while claiming the fastest race… Continue Reading »